"multiplicative inverse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: multiplicative inverses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} multiplicative inverse (plural multiplicative inverses)
  1. The inverse element with respect to multiplication; the reciprocal. Related terms: additive inverse, multiplicative identity Translations (inverse with respect to multiplication): převrácená hodnota [feminine] (Czech), käänteisluku (Finnish), multiplikatives Inverses [neuter] (German), Kehrwert [masculine] (German), odwrotność [feminine] (Polish), invers multiplicativ (Romanian), reciproca [feminine] (Romanian), reciprocul [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-multiplicative_inverse-en-noun-Je5HWcLo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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